In some places, the underside of the sea ice looks like giant green clouds. These are the 'grass meadows' of Antarctica, made ...

The authors analysed the remains of algae known as diatoms ... To better understand the relationships between sea levels, temperature and ice volume, Hijma et al. had to account for processes ...

Its melting contributes significantly to global sea level rise, as it releases large quantities of fresh water into the oceans. Due to global warming, the snow disappears from ever more glacier areas ...

New research reveals that ice algae can store nutrients which may enable them to colonize more of the ice sheet, darkening and melting it. It's May. The sun is up and the heat from that distant ...

Dark algae that grow on the surface of Arctic ice sheets are likely to expand their range in the future, a trend that will exacerbate melt, sea level rise and warming. “These algae are not a new ...

As more ice is exposed each year, algae may colonize and darken these surfaces, enhancing melt rates in a self-reinforcing cycle. Integrating microbial processes into climate models could improve ...

Meters of snow blanket the sea ice and block incoming light ... During spring bloom, an upsurge in photosynthesizing algae and other microbes kick-starts the Arctic ecosystem, fueling a yearly ...